Fog Blog Sports Log: Blue Jays To Play Home Games In Buffalo NY:

Rebuffed by government authorities on both sides of the border and with home dates fast approaching, the Toronto Blue Jays finally locked down a ballpark to call their own on Friday.

Sahlen Field in Buffalo, N.Y., will serve as a temporary home for Canada's only Major League Baseball team, which was forced to look beyond Rogers Centre due to restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Blue Jays announced the decision Friday, hours before the team's season opener at Tampa Bay.

"We're extremely happy to be where we are and feel like it's going to be a good solution," said team president Mark Shapiro.

The Blue Jays were displaced after Ottawa rejected a proposal for teams to stay in the hotel at Rogers Centre and not leave the facility footprint during series in Toronto. The club would have needed an exception to the traditional 14-day quarantine from the federal government for the plan to work.